SUSE-RU-2018:0412-1: Recommended update for open-vm-tools

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-vm-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2018:0412-1
Rating:             low
References:         #1062837 #1063320 #1073174 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
                    SUSE CaaS Platform ALL
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   An update that has three recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:

   This update of open-vm-tools to version 10.2.0 provides the following
   fixes and improvements:

   - Build deploypackage plugin for SLES11 making the VMware provided
     open-vm-tools-deploypkg
     obsolete. (bsc#1062837)
   - Fix a memory leak in vmtoolsd.
   - Add SUSE Server for SAP Applications to hostinfoPosix.c.
   - Fix a crash when stopping vmtoolsd.
   - Add new GOS definitions (e.g. SLES 15) for virtual hardware version 14.
   - Add /usr/bin/vmware-user symlink to vmware-user-suid-wrapper.
   - Provide vmware-vgauth-smoketest for VGAUthservice validation.
   - Modify udev rules to only adjust timeout on disk devices. (bsc#1063320)
   - Enable building with ssl capabilities for SLES11.
   - Tools Hgfs Plugin: refresh Hgfs drives on client start
   - Report version data via guestinfo vars
   - Add entries for MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) to guest_os_tables.h.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-279=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-279=1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform ALL:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2018-279=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.2.0-3.6.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.2.0-3.6.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform ALL (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.2.0-3.6.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.0-3.6.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.0-3.6.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1062837
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1063320
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1073174